In terms of real application performance, TWL demonstrates actual application performance as opposed to Generic benchmarks which often provide general performance but not real life gains. All tests were done under default settings with Cool 'N' Quiet enabled, this will lead to slightly lower scores but much more applicable results.
Applications Tested:
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Photoshop 7
- ID Games Quake 3
- Eagle Dynamics Lock On
- Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory
The systems used in all testing in this review had the following specifications:
Intel System
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AMD System
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Applications were chosen to demonstrate performance in commonly used applications and 3D games. Results were as follows:
1. Microsoft Office Access- Opening a 100MB Database.
CPU |
Time |
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz | 6.5 seconds |
AMD Athlon 64 3800+, 2.4 Ghz | 5.0 seconds |
2. Microsoft Office Word- Opening a 10MB Word Document
CPU |
Time |
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz | 3 seconds |
AMD Athlon 64 3800+, 2.4 Ghz | 2.5 seconds |
CPU |
Time |
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz | 6 seconds |
AMD Athlon 64 3800+, 2.4 Ghz | 6.2 seconds |
4. Adobe Photoshop 7- Opening a 10MB JPEG
CPU |
Time |
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz | 7 seconds |
AMD Athlon 64 3800+, 2.4 Ghz | 5 seconds |
In 3 out of 4 applications the AMD 3800+ was faster. In the Power Point Application with large graphic files the speed is nearly the same with the AMD losing by only .2 seconds.
3D Gaming Performance
Quake 3
Additional 3D Performance
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